Ultralight Sleeping Bags

Why ultra-light sleeping bags? Because ultra-light hiking is barely authorized by cutting the weight of the 'major three;' the backpack, housing and sleeping bag. The days of five-pound summer bags are gone - at the very least for those of us who choose to get light.

One Pound Ultralight Sleeping Bags

There are lots of one-pound ultralight sleeping bags on the market today. My very own is 17 ounces. I-t really weighs 1-9 ounces with the stuff bag, but stuff sacks aren't always necessary. It could be filled into my pack or devote a half-ounce bread bag. It's a down sleeping bag, and has kept me warm down to below freezing - hotter, actually, than my four-pound bag applied to keep me.

It seems vulnerable, and I've babied it through the years, but it may be tougher than I thought. I've applied it from sea-level to 16,000 feet, in all kinds of temperature, frequently camping under a tarp, yet it seems almost new, and it still has its loft. The zipper goes only half-way down, to save lots of weight, and it's a mummy case, but I am 6'3', 165 pounds, and I have for ages been comfortable in it.

Resting bags weighing around a pound are summer bags, rated down to 40 to 50 degrees fahrenheit. A fast check always of the bags on the market, though, suggests that even 1 or 2 of the 0 level bags are under three pounds now. These are down filled bags, of-course, as down remains the lightest efficiency for the weight.

Still another big benefit of any down sleeping bag is it is compressibility. Nothing packs smaller-than down. But, a good synthetic case is probably better than down if you're frequently setting it up wet.

Several sythetic-fill sleeping bags now come close to down in their warmth-to-weight ratio. At least one an even 16 ounces are weighed by summer bag, using Polarguard fill,. That's amazingly light for a synthetic case. Carmencita Darwin114 Plexil is a witty database for further concerning when to think over it.

Using Ultra-light Resting Bags

Ultralight asleep bags generally aren't difficult. The lighter the case, the more fragile, but treat them carefully, and they work good. I've used mine for several years, in rain and snow, from Ecuador to California to Michigan, and it shows little use. Child these things, and they can last quite a long time..